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George WashingtonFirst U.S. President

April 30, 1789 - March 3, 1797

VICE
PRESIDENTJohn Adams

FIRST
LADYMartha Custis Washington

BORN: February 22, 1732

Pope's Creek, Virginia

CHILDREN: No natural children
(Adopted the children of Martha Custis)

*Grandfather by marriage of Confederate General Robert E. Lee

MILITARY SERVICE: Commanding
General, Revolutionary War

PROFESSION: Surveyor / Planter

POLITICAL PARTY: Federalist

HOME STATE: Virginia

POLITICAL OFFICES: Chairman of
Constitutional Convention

NICKNAME: "Father of our
Country"

DIED: December 14, 1799 (Age -
67)

LAST WORDS: "I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. 'Tis
well."

BURIED: Mount Vernon, Virginia

"First
in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen."General Henry Lee (father of Robert E. Lee) to both houses of Congress on
December 26, 1799

Thomas Jefferson

Official White House Presidential Portrait of George Washington by Gilbert
Stuart

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